Thursday, June 18, 2009

May Contest Winner

Thanks to Rochelle Perry of Pooler, Georgia, for entering the contest and congrats on winning. Since Rochelle already has all the books, I made her an agate pendant as a prize. Thanks for the loyal reading, Rochelle!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Let's Hear it for the Men and Women in Blue

I just had one of the best experiences, and I want to share it with you guys. Some of the counties and municipalities here in Georgia have what they call Citizens Police Academies. It's a modified version of what police recruits go through and it's free. You get instruction on the laws governing police work from traffic law to when you have a right to use force against others. It included firearms instruction from police officers and a ridealong. I got to go to the gun range and fire a 40-caliber glock handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle. We saw a demonstration from one of the K-9 officers (Officer Bosco rocks!) and studied a simulated crime scene as if we were real CSIs.

Needless to say this gave me a lot of valuable research info for the books, since our Connie is a police detective and all. I encourage you all to take advantage of the Citizens Police Academies if one is offered near you. And I want to give a big shout out to the awesome, awesome officers of the Acworth Police Department! Y'all are the best!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Wishing for SpringHowdy, everybody. Hope y’all are staying high and dry. Are you ready for spring or what? The vamps are getting cranky, and I—their humble scribe—am getting achy in the joints. Hopefully we’ll all warm up soon.

ThanksThanks to all of you who’ve written to ask when the next installment of The Savannah Vampires is going to be available. I’m afraid I don’t have a release date yet, but stay tuned. I’ll post as soon as I hear.

Congrats to the February and March contest winnersCongratulations to Candace Robinson of Vancouver, WA, and Linda of Tampa, FL. They each won an autographed copy of the Raven Hart book of their choice.

About Me

Welcome

Raven Hart lives and writes in Georgia. She has three cats and a dog, but alas, no pet zombie. She is a former journalist and technical writer and holds a master’s degree from the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady school of journalism.

Raven is working on the next book, as yet untitled, in the Savannah Vampires series. The Vampire's Seduction introduced the blood-drinking socialite William Cuyler Thorne and his vampire-of-the-people sidekick, Jack McShane. The Vampire's Secret and The Vampire's Kiss (on sale December 26, 2007) continue their adventures.

Visit this blog for Raven’s random thoughts and musings. She is one of the closest mortal friends of a certain vampire with wavy, black hair and eyes as blue as a gaslight flame. Who knows, she might even share a few of the secrets he whispers in her ear.